Historic newspapers · Oklahoma

Oklahoma historic newspapers: 39,336 free digitised pages

Name: Oklahoma historic newspapers (Chronicling America)
Creator: Library of Congress
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Everything below is what the Library of Congress holds online for Oklahoma in Chronicling America, counted on 2026-10-06. The pages are free to read and searchable by name; an obituary or a marriage notice here is often the only record of a date before civil registration.

Titles with the most digitised pages

Newspaper	Years	Pages online
The Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.)		8,739
The Guthrie Daily Leader (Guthrie, Okla.)	1893–1996	8,673
The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.])		6,325
Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.])	1905–1919	2,988
The Vinita Daily Chieftain (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.])	1902–1913	2,334
The Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.)	1908–1984	1,606
The Morning Tulsa Daily World (Tulsa, Okla.)	1919–1927	1,400
The Beaver Herald (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.])	1895–1923	1,374
The Daily Chieftain (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.])	1898–1902	1,295
Indian Chieftain (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.])	1882–1902	1,040

Counties

Logan 8,740 pages
Carter 8,739 pages
Grady 6,325 pages
Craig 5,192 pages
Tulsa 4,598 pages
Oklahoma 1,776 pages
Beaver 1,374 pages
Caddo 1,124 pages
Bryan 479 pages
Muskogee 301 pages

Cities

Guthrie 8,740 pages
Ardmore 8,739 pages
Chickasha 6,325 pages
Vinita 5,192 pages
Tulsa 4,598 pages
Oklahoma City 1,776 pages
Beaver 1,374 pages
Anadarko 1,124 pages
Durant 479 pages
Muskogee 301 pages

By decade

1730 to 1739 1 pages
1740 to 1749 1 pages
1750 to 1759 1 pages
1760 to 1769 1 pages
1770 to 1779 1 pages
1780 to 1789 1 pages
1790 to 1799 1 pages
1800 to 1809 1 pages
1810 to 1819 1 pages
1820 to 1829 1 pages
1830 to 1839 1 pages
1840 to 1849 1 pages
1850 to 1859 1 pages
1860 to 1869 1 pages
1870 to 1879 6 pages
1880 to 1889 504 pages
1890 to 1899 4,846 pages
1900 to 1909 13,453 pages
1910 to 1919 16,119 pages
1920 to 1929 4,451 pages
1930 to 1939 7 pages
1940 to 1949 7 pages
1950 to 1959 6 pages
1960 to 1969 6 pages

Languages

English 39,336 pages
Choctaw 1 pages
Creek 1 pages

Ethnic press: Indians of North America, African American, Canadian

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